EUROPEAN COMMMISSION
- Communication on the European Green Deal
- Communication on the Commission work programme 2021. A Union of vitality in a world of fragility
- Communication on Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests
- Communication on the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030
- Communication on A Farm to Fork strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system
- Commission Regulation (EC) No 1024/2008 of 17 October 2008 laying down detailed measures for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2173/2005 on the establishment of a FLEGT licensing scheme for imports of timber into the European Community
- (5 February 2020) Inception impact assessment on Minimising the risk of deforestation and forest degradation associated with products placed on the EU market
- JRC technical report (2021): Analysis of wood resource balance gaps for the EU
- Report (2020): Monitoring of Forests through Remote Sensing
- Study (2020) on: due diligence requirements through the supply chain
- Study (2018): Feasibility study on options to step up EU action against deforestation
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
- Resolution of 22 October 2020 with recommendations to the Commission on an EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation
- Resolution of 16 September 2020 on the EU’s role in protecting and restoring the world’s forests
- European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) study (2020): An EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation - European added value assessment
EUROPEAN COUNCIL
- Council conclusions on the communication on stepping up EU action to protect and restore the world's forests, 16 December 2019
- Council conclusions on the progress on the implementation of the EU Forest Strategy and on a new strategic framework for forests, 15 April 2019
- Council conclusion on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade, 28 June 2016
- Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market Text with EEA relevance
- Council Regulation on the establishment of a FLEGT licensing scheme for imports of timber into the European Community, (EC) No 2173/2005 of 20 December 2005
OTHER LINKS
- Institute for European Environnemental Policy (IEEP) response to the public consultation on: Deforestation and forest degradation: reducing the impact of products placed on the EU market
- IEEP discussion paper on: the determination of sustainability criteria for deforestation, degradation and conversion-free, and human rights compliant agriculture and forestry commodities and products to be placed on the EU market
- Statement from civil society representatives on the EU’s Role in Protecting Forests and Rights, April 2018